The plan to refer to the Democratic Party as the “Democrat Socialist Party” has been voted down by the RNC. They did, however, agree to condemn Democrats for “a march toward socialism.”

The original resolution was, backed by some of the party’s more conservative members but leader, as was opposed by the party chairman, Michael Steele, as well as other Republican leaders. The opponents said the proposal to impose a new name on the Democrats , who said it made the Republican party appear trite and, overly partisan, and would prove politically embarrassing.

Henry Barbour, nephew of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, said, “We wanted to be respectful, but we wanted to be firm.” How “respectful” would it be if the DNC passed a resolution saying Republicans were on a “march toward fascism”?